Hog-trough



(No ModeL) I I ORDERMANl y HQG TROUGH. y l No. 378,434. 8 Pafented Feb.28, 1888.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF WAVELAND, IOWA.

HOG-TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,434, dated February28. 1888.

Application filed August 22, 1887.

To LZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, SOLOMON CORDERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waveland township, in the countyof Pottawattamie and Stateof Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hog-Troughs, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in whichp Figure l is a perspective view of a.hog-

'trough having my improved guard attached thereto; Fig. 2, amodification of the same; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the guard shownin Fig. l removed from the trough, and Fig. 4 a like view of the guardshown in Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures. Y

A yis a trough of usual construction.

B is the guard-frame, and consists of the lower rail, z', havingperforations in its ends, and the upper rail, e, connected to the lowerrail by the uprights or pins m m.

t t are cross-bars secured to the lower rail, and g g are bows orprotectors secured to the cross-barsand upper rail, as hereinafter setforth.

The guard illustrated in Fig. 1 consists of the frame B, havingcross-bars ,firmly secured at their middle to the lower rail,',of theframe, and bows or protectors g,secured at their ends to the cross-barsand at their middle, by means of a staple, to the top rail, e.

The guard illustrated in Fig. 2 consists of the frame B, with cross-barst, firmly secured at one end to thelower rail, i, and bows or protectorsg, secured at one end to the upper rail, e, and at the other end to thecross-bars t.

The vessel A is an ordinary oblong feedtrough provided With pins d,extending upward from each end thereof.

Serial No. 247,627. (No model.)

The vessel shown in Fig. 1 is made wider than that illustrated in Fig.2. The lower rail, i, extends the entire length of the vessel, and issecured to the same by the pins d d, which pass loosely throughapertures in the ends of the rails. The cross-bars t and protectors gare placed a suitable distance apart to allow the head of a hog to passreadily between them.

It is evidentthat the guard will prevent the hogs from crowding eachother while eating and drinking, also prevent them from getting into thevessel. The guard can be easily detached from the vessel by removing theframe from the pins d d, and when so removed the vessel can be readilycleaned.

Having described my invention,whatl claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

l. A feed-trough guard consisting of the frame B, composed of the lowerrail, z', and upper rail, e, connected by uprights or pins m, cross-barst, secured to the lower rail, and bows or protectors secured to thecross-bars and upper rail, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a feed'trough provided with pi'ns in its ends,of a guard con- -sisting of a lower rail having apertures in its ends,in which the pins of the trough tit, .an upper rail connected to thelower rail by uprghts or pins, cross-bars secured to the lower rail, andbows or protectors secured to the cross-bars and upper rail,substantially asidescribed. l

SOLOMON COBDEBMAN.

Witnesses:

DoEsEY MOGREW, J AMES PUGH.

